Answer:
D) the profit under absorption costing will be greater
Explanation:
The difference between profit under variable costing and under absorption costing is simply the value of the change in inventory.
Usually, a decrease in inventory would cause profit under absorption costing to be lower . This is so because cost of goods sold would become higher leading to a lower profit
On the other and, an increase in inventory would mean that the value of closing inventory would be higher and this would produce a cost of goods sold value lower than that obtainable using variable costing. And this would produce a greater profit than the variable costing method
If Beresford produces 170,000 units thereby increasing inventory by 20, 000 units (170,000 -150,000), the profit under absorption costing will be greater